Biriyya
Biriyya (Arabic: بيريّا) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 2, 1948, by The Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) northeast of Safad. Today the Israeli moshav of Birya includes the village site.
Biriyya
بيريّا | |
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| Etymology: A well | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Biriyya (click the buttons) | |
Biriyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°58′47″N 35°29′52″E | |
| Palestine grid | 197/265 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 2, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,579 dunams (5.579 km2 or 2.154 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 240 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Birya |
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